Considering a degree in Criminology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Criminology majors who live in Louisiana.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Criminology degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Louisiana.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | University of Southern Maine | 11600 | 23000 | 0.4951 | 5,525 | 1144 | 0.7923 | |
| 3 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4323 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 5 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 6 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3462 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5134 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13400 | 18700 | 0.2837 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 12 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4771 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 13 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 15 | Framingham State University | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5357 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 37000 | 0.6106 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14500 | 24300 | 0.4026 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 14600 | 17100 | 0.1461 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15000 | 31000 | 0.5157 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 15100 | 24900 | 0.3929 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4352 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 24 | Northern Illinois University | 15300 | 30700 | 0.501 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 25 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4155 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 15500 | 67500 | 0.7703 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | California State University-San Marcos | 15600 | 24700 | 0.3691 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.393 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 30 | Carlow University | 15700 | 57800 | 0.7285 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 30 | Delaware State University | 15700 | 46500 | 0.6625 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 32 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 15900 | 45300 | 0.6495 | 13,192 | 1075 | 0.9931 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16400 | 42300 | 0.6121 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16600 | 67400 | 0.7542 | 5,690 | 1055 | 0.9071 | |
| 35 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 39700 | 0.5745 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 38 | Coker University | 17000 | 47800 | 0.6446 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 39 | Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus | 17200 | 47600 | 0.6391 | 849 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | University of St Thomas | 17500 | 50900 | 0.6564 | 3,365 | 1095 | 0.8992 | |
| 41 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 17600 | 29500 | 0.4032 | 3,084 | 1055 | 0.7533 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 33900 | 0.475 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4868 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 48 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4556 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 51 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3329 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 52 | Lee University | 19100 | 37400 | 0.4896 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 19300 | 48000 | 0.5982 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 54 | McMurry University | 19400 | 60400 | 0.6786 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 55 | Illinois College | 19800 | 55200 | 0.6419 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 56 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.172 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 57 | Davis & Elkins College | 20000 | 48300 | 0.5867 | 661 | 902 | 0.9433 | |
| 58 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20500 | 42400 | 0.5161 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20700 | 71400 | 0.7104 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 60 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 60 | St. Mary's University | 20800 | 70300 | 0.7044 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 62 | Virginia Union University | 21000 | 38800 | 0.4592 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9799 | |
| 63 | Ohio Dominican University | 21100 | 65800 | 0.6789 | 843 | 1171 | 0.9423 | |
| 63 | University of Mobile | 21100 | 56900 | 0.6287 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 65 | Hamline University | 21200 | 56500 | 0.6243 | 1,806 | 1163 | 0.8763 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 68 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3702 | 10,166 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 69 | Hastings College | 21800 | 71100 | 0.6933 | 933 | 1305 | 0.7165 | |
| 69 | Hiram College | 21800 | 48700 | 0.5528 | 1,026 | 1030 | 0.9353 | |
| 69 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 69 | Rockford University | 21800 | 68200 | 0.6807 | 983 | 975 | 0.9291 | |
| 69 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21900 | 25400 | 0.1385 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 75 | Tabor College | 22000 | 65000 | 0.6619 | 539 | 1050 | 0.6458 | |
| 76 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6194 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 76 | Loyola University New Orleans | 22500 | 71700 | 0.6859 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 78 | Assumption University | 22600 | 91300 | 0.7523 | 1,713 | 1085 | 0.8298 | |
| 78 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 61200 | 0.6306 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 80 | Lycoming College | 22700 | 65800 | 0.6559 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 80 | Upper Iowa University | 22700 | 41700 | 0.4544 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 82 | Cottey College | 22800 | 37300 | 0.3882 | 254 | 991 | 0.6918 | |
| 83 | Manchester University | 22900 | 54100 | 0.5769 | 988 | 1044 | 0.7106 | |
| 84 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | 23100 | 78600 | 0.7065 | 1,463 | 1200 | 0.7982 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 85 | Webster University | 23600 | 66700 | 0.6467 | 2,322 | 1109 | 0.8623 | |
| 87 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3858 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 88 | Mount Saint Mary College | 24000 | 68400 | 0.6492 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 90 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5823 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 91 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 92 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5407 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 93 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24900 | 48900 | 0.4905 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 94 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 94 | Heidelberg University | 25100 | 48600 | 0.4836 | 969 | 1100 | 0.8579 | |
| 96 | Mary Baldwin University | 25200 | 48600 | 0.4818 | 1,124 | 1045 | 0.871 | |
| 96 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 98 | Marquette University | 25600 | 63100 | 0.5939 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 98 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 100 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5409 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 100 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 27000 | 0.0407 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 26300 | 61400 | 0.5708 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 103 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus | 26500 | 79400 | 0.6664 | 2,012 | 1174 | 0.9519 | |
| 103 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4743 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 105 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 77000 | 0.6549 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 106 | Flagler College | 26700 | 61100 | 0.5628 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 107 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 107 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 67800 | 0.6048 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 109 | Emmanuel College | 26900 | 68300 | 0.6064 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-St Louis | 26900 | 37200 | 0.2753 | 12,317 | 1152 | 0.6267 | |
| 111 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 112 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 37300 | 0.2736 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 113 | Randolph-Macon College | 27200 | 69200 | 0.6066 | 1,643 | 1109 | 0.8661 | |
| 114 | Capital University | 27400 | 80300 | 0.6589 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 114 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 114 | Johnson C Smith University | 27400 | 47400 | 0.4222 | 1,252 | 885 | 0.4521 | |
| 117 | Pacific Lutheran University | 27800 | 71200 | 0.6101 | 2,446 | 1159 | 0.7802 | |
| 118 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.559 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 118 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 118 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6856 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 122 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 123 | Mount St. Mary's University | 28400 | 61400 | 0.5375 | 1,830 | 1164 | 0.7381 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 125 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 125 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5919 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 127 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0685 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 128 | Cedar Crest College | 29100 | 66000 | 0.5587 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 129 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 130 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3837 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 131 | Baker University | 30200 | 54800 | 0.4491 | 1,530 | 924 | 0.9419 | |
| 131 | William Peace University | 30200 | 50200 | 0.399 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 133 | Otterbein University | 30300 | 66800 | 0.5462 | 2,211 | 1209 | 0.8453 | |
| 134 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 135 | Dominican University of California | 30700 | 69200 | 0.5566 | 1,114 | 1255 | 0.835 | |
| 136 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 137 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 137 | University of St Thomas | 31300 | 70300 | 0.5551 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 31400 | 48500 | 0.3523 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 140 | Lebanon Valley College | 31500 | 72400 | 0.5651 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 140 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3315 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 142 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3622 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 142 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 144 | Manhattan University | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5586 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 145 | Azusa Pacific University | 32200 | 66600 | 0.5162 | 2,759 | 1189 | 0.8843 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 147 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 148 | Old Dominion University | 32400 | 35700 | 0.0925 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 149 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4268 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 150 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 151 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 152 | Fort Lewis College | 33300 | 41400 | 0.1958 | 3,392 | 1109 | 0.773 | |
| 153 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 154 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 154 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1198 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 156 | Barry University | 34500 | 56400 | 0.3881 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 156 | Hofstra University | 34500 | 77000 | 0.5518 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76800 | 0.5466 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 159 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 159 | Siena College | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4625 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 161 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 162 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 163 | University of the Pacific | 36400 | 71500 | 0.4912 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 164 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0769 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 166 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0529 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 167 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2959 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 38500 | 61600 | 0.3747 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 169 | Crown College | 38800 | 53200 | 0.2704 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 170 | Pacific University | 39000 | 74900 | 0.4796 | 1,589 | 1106 | 0.8956 | |
| 171 | Arcadia University | 39400 | 71600 | 0.4491 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 171 | Concordia University Texas | 39400 | 45800 | 0.1413 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 171 | Saint Vincent College | 39400 | 64600 | 0.3891 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 174 | Saint Anselm College | 39900 | 73700 | 0.4585 | 2,094 | 1205 | 0.7805 | |
| 175 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 176 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0095 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 177 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40400 | 92400 | 0.5627 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 178 | Butler University | 41000 | 68300 | 0.3994 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 179 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 43000 | 80700 | 0.4674 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 180 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1892 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 181 | Union University | 43900 | 66000 | 0.3351 | 1,934 | 1242 | 0.6041 | |
| 182 | The University of Montana | 44300 | 45900 | 0.0349 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 183 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 184 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 184 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 186 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 187 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 188 | Mount St. Joseph University | 54200 | 54200 | 0 | 1,545 | 1143 | 0.5912 | |
| 189 | University of La Verne | 57000 | 67300 | 0.1531 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 190 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 191 | St. John Fisher University | 62500 | 62500 | 0 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 192 | Gonzaga University | 70600 | 77800 | 0.0925 | 5,281 | 1329 | 0.8169 | |
| 192 | Stonehill College | 70600 | 70600 | 0 | 2,568 | 1150 | 0.6628 | |
| 194 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 195 | The Catholic University of America | 75700 | 82500 | 0.0824 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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